Annotation #2: They Say/ I Say "Introduction"

1) Summary/ Main Ideas
The introduction talks about how conversation plays a big part in writing. It starts out taking about "moves" that experience writers have established, and these "moves" are critical for communicating advanced ideas.Throughout the introduction there are templates that you can use to structure and apply principles into your writing. The introduction explains that writing goes deeper than just templates and formulas. You have to question assumptions, develop claims, consider the other sides'  arguments, and have supporting reasons/evidence. The introduction alludes to the title by saying the "they say; I say" template is the most important. This template is "a format to agree or disagree with others" and "challenging the standard ways of thinking", making controversy and arguments. Another main idea in the introduction is "entering a conversation". You accomplish this by using what others say as a platform to your views. Marty's advice in this book is, " to write the voice of others into your text". Templates are mentioned several times in the introduction. It explains how they help you introduce and explain quotations in your own words, and introduce explains for your argument. In the Introduction they assure you that templates aren't a form of plagiarism. In the end, this book helps you  become a critical thinker and enter conversations to include in your essays.

2) Quotes & Reaction/Response
- "but it leaves out the important fact that in the real world we don't make arguments without being provoked" (pg.3).
I never thought about it like that. Oral arguments are provoked by someone or something, so writing ones are just the same.
- "This point may come as a shock to you if you have always had the impression that in order to succeed academically you need to play it safe and avoid controversy in your writing,making statements that nobody can possible disagree with"(pg.8).
I agree with this quote because when I'm writing for school i usually go by the standards and pick one side to argue to play it safe. I feel like it is a writing skill to go outside of the box and disagree or see something different than others might.

3) Questions for Discussion
- How does agreeing and disagreeing at the same time help your righting? Shouldn't your side of the argument be clear to others?
- This quote is used to support the author that formats and templates don't constrict creativity, "Ultimately,then, creativity and originality lie not in the avoidance of established forms but in the imaginative use of them"(pg.11).
Doesn't the word "established" refer to like your usual or routine ? Creative writing is creative because you can write about what you want and think outside the box. Don't formats and templates restrict that?